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Swedish on Babbel

  • 07-04-2014 3:18pm
    #1
    Manach
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    I'm attempting this on Swedish Babbel's beginner course. So far, so good, in that it is a gradual ramp up from the basic saluations. Rather surprised on how, on the surface level, Swedish resembles German,


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  • #2
    crockholm
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    Well it certainly has been influenced heavily by German,there has Always been a large and influential German Community in the Sthlm reigon that continues to this day.Though if I were to be really honest I would opine that spoken Danish seems to have a much more Germanic brytning (accent) than Swedish.
    And poor Skåne are caught in the middle.


  • #3
    ush
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    http://spraktidningen.se/artiklar/2013/12/germanerna-syns-i-varenda-mening


  • #4
    biko
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    I have some German and French and a tiny bit of Dutch.
    It's amazing how Swedish has given lots of words to those languages, or is it the other way around...


  • #5
    crockholm
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    I have to ask.... Why are you Learning Swedish? Are you planning on moving to Sweden? Impress the women? Work related? Just for ****s and giggles?

    The reason I ask is because you can hear 10 year old kids here with a level of English comparable to an Irish leaving cert honours French C/B grade.By the time your run o the mill, snus munching Swede hits 20,they have a near flawless level of English,complete with American Accent.

    English is ubiquitous here and the amount of work related buzzwords commonly used grows exponentially.


  • #6
    Manach
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    For the intellectual curiosity and that I might take a holiday there.
    For the former as per a post in the Languages forum, there was a book "Fluent in 3 months". I don't believe that, but was interested to see how much of a language I could acquire spending an hour a day over that period, and rather randomly picked Swedish as it (at a guess), give be a basis to understand other Nordic languages.
    For the latter, it always seems to be polite when visiting a country to have a basic command of their tongue, and will not be aiming for more that an A2 level (-wiki.)

    I had noticed when browsing Swedish Computer sites the common use of English terms.


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  • #7
    ush
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    crockholm wrote: »

    English is ubiquitous here and the amount of work related buzzwords commonly used grows exponentially.

    The big influx of English words into Swedish came in the 50's & 60's. Its actually dropped off since then.


  • #8
    crockholm
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    Manach wrote: »
    For the intellectual curiosity and that I might take a holiday there.
    For the former as per a post in the Languages forum, there was a book "Fluent in 3 months". I don't believe that, but was interested to see how much of a language I could acquire spending an hour a day over that period, and rather randomly picked Swedish as it (at a guess), give be a basis to understand other Nordic languages.
    For the latter, it always seems to be polite when visiting a country to have a basic command of their tongue, and will not be aiming for more that an A2 level (-wiki.)

    I had noticed when browsing Swedish Computer sites the common use of English terms.

    Oki-doki. Although I can envision the scenario whereby you sit down for a meal at a restaurant and order something in your finest 08 or rikssvenska and the waiter responds in kind,which stumps you,and he then asks you in English:D you come to the realization that "fvck etiquette-I'm speaking English from now on":pac:
    You will see what I mean by the pervasiveness of English when you come on over.And if you do you can Always pm,if you want a Little advice/tips/things to do list in the Sthlm region:cool:


  • #9
    ush
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    Nothing fine about Stockholmska.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKInA-Q04U


  • #10
    Manach
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    crockholm wrote: »
    Oki-doki. Although I can envision the scenario whereby you sit down for a meal at a restaurant and order something in your finest 08 or rikssvenska and the waiter responds in kind,which stumps you,and he then asks you in English:D
    Many thanks for the offer. Though being a contrary type I might reply in Irish. Which AFAIR consists mostly of half remembered prayers :)


  • #11
    Lady Chuckles
    Registered Users Posts: 9,279 ✭✭✭Lady Chuckles


    Manach wrote: »
    I'm attempting this on Swedish Babbel's beginner course. So far, so good, in that it is a gradual ramp up from the basic saluations. Rather surprised on how, on the surface level, Swedish resembles German,

    Hej Manach! Vad roligt att du lär dig svenska :)

    crockholm wrote: »
    Well it certainly has been influenced heavily by German,there has Always been a large and influential German Community in the Sthlm reigon that continues to this day.Though if I were to be really honest I would opine that spoken Danish seems to have a much more Germanic brytning (accent) than Swedish.
    And poor Skåne are caught in the middle.

    I'd agree. If you think Swedish sounds German you ought to hear the Danes :D
    biko wrote: »
    I have some German and French and a tiny bit of Dutch.
    It's amazing how Swedish has given lots of words to those languages, or is it the other way around...

    Oh, Biko! Don't get me started :pac:
    I love languages and how words are borrowed from one another. I studied some linguistics and could go on forever! :o:D (Also, I decided to live in the Netherlands for a while when I was younger purely to learn the whacky language that one could basically read and understand without knowing a single word of Dutch!)


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